Preliminary overview on the progress of the data collection for the quantitative and Realist Evaluation monitoring activities

This report presents the intermediate progress of the Living Labs, detailing their evaluation processes and showcasing preliminary results. It examines how interventions function under specific conditions and the role of regional coalitions, providing crucial insights for stakeholders. The evaluation covers the process and outcomes so far, including the education, training, promotion, and hiring of vulnerable workers and job seekers, as well as efforts to ensure sufficient data gathering and implementation of interventions. This deliverable presents an intermediate report on the quantitative and qualitative evaluation (Realist Evaluation; Pawson & Tilley, 1997) of each iterative implementation cycle (task 2.1) to assess and improve interventions and the ENGINE as a whole for each Living Lab partner. The evaluation considers how interventions function under specific conditions and the varying responses of different partners. This understanding is crucial for policymakers, municipalities, employers, supervisors, coaches, instructors, job seekers and workers. It will aid Living Lab partners in deciding how interventions are best implemented, their timing, and how to adapt them to different circumstances. Each lead research partner will analyse and report results per Living Lab, guided by a plan of analysis and reporting formats from WP4. Additionally, the report will cover the intermediate quantitative evaluation of outcomes, focusing on the number of vulnerable workers and job seekers recruited for interventions, educated or trained, the intervention processes, and baseline responses to self-efficacy, competencies, and skills using WP4 questionnaire data.